These bad reviews are fake new! My husband and I used to come here all the time when we lived in Grain Valley, and even after nearly 10 years in Blue Springs, it's still just as good. With the lack of quality Chinese takeout in Blue Springs, Lin's is absolutely worth the short drive. Online ordering makes it easy, and the owners are always so kind and welcoming. Our favorites: pu pu platter, Mongolian beef, egg drop wonton, and hot & sour soup. If you're in Blue Springs, do yourself a favor and make the 10-15 minute trip...you won't regret it! 谢谢 (siâ-siâ AKA thank you) read more

I've been going to Lin's in Grain Valley for years. Wholesome, little restaurant with classic, flavorful, N.Y. style Chinese food. I appreciate the kindess and quality of their food and service. Truly. ^_^ read more

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Decided to go for carryout as this family-owned restaurant was recommended to me. I went and placed an order there in the restaurant for carryout. The staff was friendly and attentive to all the customers waiting on orders. Restaurant was clean. Ordered the orange chicken and General Tso's chicken, both with fried rice and fried crispy wontons. The orange chicken was slightly different than I'm used to, but still enjoyable. General chicken was also good. I may pass on the wontons in the future as they were not my cup of tea. All good things to say about this restaurant though. We'll go back again! read more

Lin's Kitchen - General Tso's Chicken with fried rice (leftovers) - Chinese Near Me - Grain Valley, Missouri

The Rangoon was mostly crust. I would guess there was about 1/2 a teaspoon of filling in each one. They used to be were really good. I was so disappointed. It will be my last time. read more

NOTE ADDED MENU TO PICTURES! read the reviews and it is really really mixed but we were in the area so we did take out. ordered chicken wings, they were not too bad orange chicken not deep fried but stir fried they did a perfect job with that mu shu they use rice wrappers thank you !!! most use the junky mexican tortillas nice flavors a bit overloaded with sauce cashew chicken good flavors but a bit overloaded with sauce again. overloaded with sauce means it was soaking the sauce in the meat / marinated type of thing and then sauce in it. tone down that and it would be better. all in all good flavors 45$ total bill would return if in the area. NO outside seating read more

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We ordered out from here. When we got there, our order was ready which was great. It was already bagged and tied up. When we got home, we found that our order was all the way wrong. We were missing most of our order and it had been replaced with multiple cartons of chicken fried rice and steamed rice. The Crab Ragoon was just cream cheese and sugar. The egg rolls were chewy. Maybe it was an off night but it was enough wrong things that we won't be back. read more

My husband called for takeout. The lady that answered the phone was barking orders quite militantly. He wanted to cancel the order, or let them make it and just not pick it up. I decided to go in and get it and be nice. I think it's just the temperament of that one lady. I noticed some issues this time that deserve to be documented. The restaurant is dirty, smelled of rancid oil. The floors were caked with grease. The walls look like they are falling apart, peeling paint, walls appear to be cut in half to make a pony wall, but not finished. You can still see painted joint tape sticking up. The food: horrible! The chicken had a slimy layer on it that caused me to not want to eat it. The rice was very oily. The sweet and sour sauce tasted fine, but the heartburn at 3 am was not fun. I think we can cross this place off our list. It's sad, it's just gone down hill over the last few years. read more

Amazing food!! This is one of my favorite spots to grab some cheap food. Chicken is always crunchy and rice is fresh! read more

Love this place. It has become our go to chinese place at least once a week and we pick up enough food for two days. I usually get a large BBQ ribs and general tso. Wife like apps like the crab Rangoon and chicken sticks . Love this place. read more

I wish I could give a zero. Called today and placed an order and was told 10-15 minutes. I get to the restaurant and there's a sign on the door that they are closed from 6/24 through 8/1. Door is locked so I went back to my car. I called the number again after confirming that I didn't call a wrong number. The man who answered the phone said they were open today and he'd have someone come open the front door. I went back to the front door while on hold and there was no one. I was on hold for 3 minutes and hung up. He called me back and said uh yeah they are closed today. Ridiculous. While writing this review. I received a 2nd call back from a different man telling me that they were cancelling my order due to an emergency. (eye roll) I told him it wasn't an emergency because it's posted on the door that they have have been closed since 6/24. read more

Lin's Kitchen - Closed sign - Chinese Near Me - Grain Valley, Missouri

The sweet and sour kung po chicken was the best we have ever had! Also, portion size was huge! Will definitely be ordering from here again!

I have tried this restaurant several times and it is consistently delicious! The dumplings and spring rolls and crab Rangoon is great! And the General Tsao's chicken, sesame chicken and sweet and sour chicken are all delicious and nicely seasoned without a lot of extra salt. The only downside is they don't do Door Dash. But, it's worth doing a pick up! read more

For starters we had pork egg rolls and crab Rangoon-both delicious! The crab Rangoon were different, they were smaller and crispier, we loved them! For dinner we had the pork lo mein and shrimp fried rice, both plentiful and delicious! We will be returning! read more

I ordered online. Food was ready when I arrived. My husband ordered sweet and sour pork. Pork was good, except NO SWEET & SOUR sauce. Yuk who wants to eat fried pork with no sauce. Cost is above most Chinese places. read more

Ordered Hunan chicken and was not impressed. I ate half of it simply because I was starving. It just had a weird taste. I won't be returning. read more

Service is terrible. Called in order, they said 10-15 minutes. I got here at 15 and 25 minutes later, I am still waiting.

Great little place for a quick carry out or dine in. We ordered carry out for 14 people and they got it ready in an hour as promised. It was a big hit...especially the sesame chicken and chicken fried rice. Worth checking out. read more

Very good food with big portions. We used to go there a lot a couple years ago. Seems like they changed cooks or cooking procedures and it wasn't quite as good. Family owned. Nice people. read more

Pretty. Bad. I ordered chicken chowmein. It was onion and cabbage. No spices no nothing. A few pieces of a rubbery chicken that I'm sure were bought frozen and reheated. . I've never had worse. When she told me the egg rolls were bought frozen that was a red flag. You don't open a restaurant to reheat frozen food made by a factory read more

To say this place is good scares me. Kung po Delight was made wrong had to drive all the way back across town. Asked for spicy got no spice chicken and beef over veggies was the description online. Perfect since i am allergic to shrimp! What did I get? Chicken and shrimp! Veggies are a joke Celery and carrots and chunks of bell pepper. Lo Mein was literally ramen noodles. Kids meal is not kid friendly. Chicken on a stick! a Stick lol. Food is hot there is potential just not there yet. read more

We had no chicken portion in our food from the other day. It was supposed to have chicken in it, and it was pricey, maybe $15:( the noodles were good, but just not exactly what I ordered. read more

Nice little hole in the wall. If you're in the neighborhood and looking for some quick Chinese food, this is a great place. They're always quick, polite, and ready. Due to the pandemic, the main seating area has been converted to waiting, but the atmosphere is still close and pleasant. read more

Tried out Lin's after seeing lots of positive reviews on Google, but I don't know what restaurant those people ate at. Got the General Chicken and the meat was dry and almost minced. The sauce flavor was good, but the soggy chicken was too soft for me. Also the rice/egg roll/crab rangoon were so gummy. I don't know if it was from the steam of the container or what, but it was very bad. read more

I got general Tso. There was no chicken, it was all breaded. We also got crab Rangoon and chicken on a stick which were great.

Amazing. Employees are awesome. Super nice. If they mess up they do anything to make it right. Crab Rangoons are amazing.

I've been there three times and each time I am impressed. It's clean decorated nice and the food is inexpensive yummy and your order is done in just a few minutes. It's small inside but they do a lot of take out orders. I've been looking for a new Chinese restaurant and now I have found the one for me. Egg rolls are great and crab Rangoon is sweet. Chicken fried rice is delicious and I don't even like fried rice. Loved the Moo Goo GainPan. All their vegetables are extremely fresh which is important to me. read more

Lived near Lin's and somehow never got around to trying it until just the other day. Not too fancy but the food was terrific - the best Chinese I've had in years! read more

Love this little place. It's a whole family that runs it and they are always super friendly and polite on the phone and in person. Always give me wayyy to much food and I feel miserable after eating it all but it's so good I can't stop. read more

Love Lin's! The food is always amazing! The orders are always right and made to order in a timely manner. Great customer service as well!

As far as Chinese fast food is concerned this was great. Seemed prepared well and was flavorful. The portions were also plentiful. I will be back. read more

If you're hungover and on the east side of town, Lin's Kitchen is a great place to slink in and slink out in the pajamas you're still wearing at 3 in the afternoon. Prices are cheap considering the portion sizes. Ordering a 'small' entree for dinner? Plan to share it with a friend. They send your take-out away so hot, it's still steaming when you get home. I also appreciate how they package the liquids like sauces and soup. They're in plastic bowls with secure lids. Haven't opened a to-go bag and discovered a gooey mess ever. Beware the breaded/fried chicken or shrimp entrees though. Lin's is not afraid to get down and dirty with the breading. Overboard in my opinion but some people like it that way. Lunch specials are nice. Lower prices, smaller portions. If you call in your order, it's almost a guarantee it will be ready when you get there, unless you call it in from the parking lot. Even then, you won't wait long. Oh yes, the parking lot. Lin's is in a decent little strip plaza. A grocery store, a salon, a couple other places to eat. But the parking lot is pure cabbage. If you've got 4-wheel-drive, you'll need it. This is by no means gourmet Asian cuisine and it is not at all fine dining. But they aren't trying to be. They serve standard Americanized Chinese food. It's pretty tasty and the staff is friendly. It isn't going to blow your taste buds away or become your most favorite place to eat but if you've burned all your mad money on cocktails the night before, it's the perfect way to recover on a budget. read more

This is, as another review has said, fairly standard Americanized Chinese food. There's nothing here that's going to blow your mind. It's a fairly humble little restaurant that doesn't have any aspirations to be the absolute best in the world, but it consistently gives some of the best "standard" take-out Chinese food you can get around here. The prices are reasonable, the staff is friendly, order-to-food times are small, and the food is pretty much the best you could reasonably expect from a restaurant of this sort. Nothing here will make you think, "this is the best Chinese food I've ever had," but it could very well make you think, "this is some awesome take-out Chinese, we should get stuff from here more often." It's been around for roughly a decade, and having grown up having their food every couple months since their opening, I can say that the quality has gone a bit uphill, but on the whole, I think that it is the restaurant's consistency after all this time that has allowed it to last this long. It has never degraded in quality over time, so it's a reliably good restaurant and I don't see it diverging from that. read more

The Special Dinner 5 (D) General Tso's Chicken and it's my favorite. It comes with 2 crab Rangoons, 1 egg roll, and chicken rice.

First time eating here and I was impressed. Best crab rangoons I've ever had, and I've eaten a lot of crab rangoons. They aren't overly thick in breading like some and the inside is creamy and perfect taste. Portions are also big and don't skimp on the meat. We will be back! read more

We just moved to this area and were driving back to our old neighborhood to get our favorite chinese, I read some reviews about this place and decided to try it. Glad we did, I have been pleasantly surprised! I love any of the lo mein dishes and give the crab Rangoon and the hot sour soup two thumbs up! Carry out comes in plastic containers and it's ready fast! Give it a try you will be happy. The whole family works there and the k I do run the counter, very well mannered. read more

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This is the only Chinese restaurant in town. They don't deliver and are hard to understand. They have their children working there weekends and over the summer. While it is a good learning experience it is not what I want in a restaurant. read more

Lin's is a hidden gem in Grain Valley, MO. I've lived here for a few years now and I've been looking for a good restaurant to order take out from. Or even get delivery on the days when I just don't feel like cooking. I went here yesterday around 6pm to pick up dinner on my way home from work. Since it was my first time there, I just glanced over the menu and ordered the dinner portions of General Tso's Chicken and Orange Chicken. They each came with a side of rice and fortune cookies. The restaurant is very small and it doesn't seem like a lot of people go there to dine-in. I was surprised when my order was ready so quickly. I had barely sat down to wait and they were already calling my name! I unpacked all the food from my bag when I got home and everything was still piping hot and they came in microwave/dishwasher safe containers (which are great to keep and reuse too!). The chicken tasted really good. I'm glad that even though they're both covered in sauce, they were still crunchy and not soggy. I was only able to eat 1/4 of mine, but I love having leftovers for the next day. Safe to say this restaurant is going to be my newest go-to for great Chinese take out close to home. read more

Lin's Kitchen - Orange Chicken on top, General Tso's Chicken on the bottom. - Chinese Near Me - Grain Valley, Missouri

They have the best pot stickers you could ask for. Their carry out is ready fast and is always still warm when we get it home. The food is fantastic with giant portions and reasonable prices. read more

I love the food here. Especially the pork egg rolls and crab Rangoon . Happy family is the best out of any other Chinese restaurant. Small family owned and order is always correct. read more

Horrible food & service, don't waste your time! Didn't even want to put to much into writing a review, place was just bad on all levels.